pigeons. now he's finally flying with the birds. the greatest goal a that ts a c ever reach. >> i'm an artist, so it's fine by me. >> reporter: but many of the comments online are beyond caddy. that sman not an artist, he's a sadist. dear artist, i hope if you get run over they make you into a man-o-continue man- man-o-copter. >> wouldn't that be cool? >> i do think someone would want this. it is for sale. >> reporter: the pilot sent it swooping towards some cows, moo versus meow, meow won. >> i think the cat probably would approve. >> meow. >> i'm don lemon, see you back here at 10:00.

>> shuffle the deck, roll the dice and give the wheel a spin. america took chances this year, gambling on whether to keep the old president or pick a new one. betting on a better economy. coming up snake eyes in some places and dealing wild cards in others. now weave got the odds makers to break it all down. from cnbc's "the talk" aisha tyler, ben stein, julie mason and standup guy pete dominic. isha seshay and the cake boss buddy velastro on all the best, all the worst 2012. >> welcome. i'm tom foreman and this was a year for lefing dangerously.

whether flirting with the fiscal cliff or sky diving from the edge of space or buying a powerball ticket, risk taking was back in vogue. as we head into the new year, we're going to look back at all the risky business that brought us here, in the economy, entertainment, sports, pop culture and technology. and in the biggest, baddest game of all. give it to the twin pillars of politics, the relentless candidates barack obama and mitt romney for waging the best and worst presidential campaign of the year. >> thank you, thank you, thank you. >> thank you so much. >> best because it was at times a rivetting battle for control of the nation. worst because it often became a war of cheap shots, questionable pacts and everything else that just exhaust voters.

>> i don't think there's anything else that immediately so completely sucked up all the energy or oxygen in the year. >> worst republican roulette. the party primary that seems to have a new up and coming favorite every ten minutes. rick perry, herman cain, michelle bachmann, newt gingrich, rick santorum. >> what a freak show, right? that whole primary season. it was fun. it was democracy in all its messiness and glory with its issues but also some crazy stuff. ♪ america >> it was fascinating to watch the party sort of trying to define itself. >> what do you want me to tell romn romney? >> worst empty chair supposedly occupied by the president. >> i can't tell him to do that. he can't do that to himself. >> the one that actor clint eastwood spoke to during his

mumbling, bumbling speech. worst empty podium supposedly occupied by the president, the one he actually stood at during the first debate. >> everyone gave clint eastwood a hard time in that empty chair, that empty chair is exactly who showed up at the first debate. >> the hall here has promised to remain silent. >> i think barack obama definitely in the first debate got smoked. >> you've been president four years. you said you would cut the deficit in half. it's now four years later, we have $1 trillion deficideficits. >> it was thought to be a foregone conclusion the president would win. >> let's let him respond. >> while mitt romney came on strong, the president's lacklustre performance, looking down, scowling, growling left many democrats stunned. >> they all assumed the fetal position and sobbed in unison.

stha that was terrible. it was hard to watch. but some of the analysis afterwards really exposed some deficiencies in the democratic machine. >> for the republicans, b it was arguably the best moment of the whole year for their candidate. >> i don't think the candidacy kicked into high gear until the first debate. >> unfortunately for romney, it was also the best wake-up call for president obama who came alive in the next two encounters. >> we've got to reduce our deficit but we've got to do it in a balanced way. >> worst number, 47. as in percent. >> there are 47% of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. >> mitt romney may have said it only once during that fundraiser but he heard it over and over and over again. >> i've had it up to here with this notion that 47%. it's about time they take some

responsibility here. >> when he said behind closed doors that 47% with of the country consider themselves victims who refuse personal responsibility, any about who he was talking about. >> they both beat each other up. at the end of the day a, i don't think either one was a bad guy. >> ask a campaigner, a guy who wasn't even running, former president bill clinton. best comic relief, vice president joe biden. best trend in political reporting, the big bump in fact checks even though the candidates pretty much ignored them. best budget wonk pin-up, vp candidate paul ryan. >> there's a lot of googling, what does paul ryan think about the economy, about entitlements . the number one google about paul ryan, paul ryan shirtless. thanks, p90x. >> hey, pal, ever hear of bumper stickers. best fundraising.

both sides stuffed their piggy banks until they squealed. total amount raised and spent by the parties and their supporters? nearly $6 billion, or enough to hire 3600 extra teachers for ten years. just saying. worst running mates. other republican candidates who crushed their party's hopes for taking the senate with comments about women, rape and abortion. not that democrats exactly thrilled america either. worst thing in all of politics once again this year -- the united states congress, which according to gallup, voters trust just slightly more than car dealers. >> the good thing for congress is that there's nowhere to go but up. >> they have no faith in the government at all. >> best way to keep the polls going down? that delaying tactic called sequestrati sequestration. neither party wanted to tackle tough budget issues before the election, so they kicked the can down the road, right to the edge of the fiscal cliff.

and of course, they blamed each other. best surprise for supporters of gay rights. victories and supreme court consideration for same sex marriage, the first openly gay senator and barack obama finally coming around to their coach. . >> my expectation when you blook look back on these years, you will see a time when we put a stop to discrimination of gays and lesbians, whether in the office or on the battlefield. >> people should be able to do what they want in life. >> comprehensive imsgramigratio reform, the president promised but will not be able to accomplish until his second term. although he signed a bill allowing children of undocumented work es to stay in the country for college. health care reform remains the law of the land. >> i'm sure we'll still be talk act it in 2013, but the big

overhaul that was promised by republicans, that's not going to happen. >> worst caveat for the administration, the court said no getting around it, it does involve taxing the middle class. worst loss for anti-drug forces. legalized marijuana is gaining ground. >> i hate marijuana. i loathe it. i think it's a really bad thing, but it's not up to me to tell people whether or not they can use it. >> and ultimately, the best thing for the democrats -- mitt romney's persistent perplexing and positively crushing inability to connect with voters. >> he went into a hardware store and came out. reporters asked him what he bought. he actually said -- >> hardware stuff. >> i never forget when mitt romney reached down and shook hands with a 6-year-old boy. reached down and shook hands. the kid is 6, mitt. >> i did not think mr. romney ran a great campaign. i think he was -- he's not a charismatic person.

i think a karz charismatic repun would have won. i don't think we had a great platform. we didn't invite the hispanics in like we should have. but it will change next time. maybe we'll get at better candidate. meantime, life goes on and little by little our problems will get solved. >> and come election night, at least one of barack obama's problems was solved. best end for democrats to a long and troubled race? re-election. coming up, high rollers, honey boo boo and the prince who had no pants. when all the best, all the worst rolls on. ♪ why should saturday night have all the fun? get two times the points on dining in restaurants, with chase sapphire preferred.

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starting with the queen who celebrated her diamond jubilee. that's 60 years on the throne and still swinging a scepter. >> this is a sign of continuity in a world of change that england still has a monarchy and that that queen has been there for so long and receivered so incredibly unbelievably well. god bless her. >> she's old. she's wicked old but, you know, still awesome. >> if you make it to the diamond jubilee birthday, you deserve a big cake. too bad the queen didn't call me, i would have loved to have made her cake. they should have had me bake her cake. >> worst play on the 8 ball, prince henry spotted with his cue out in nevada. >> god bless him. god bless him. if i was a prince, i probably would be playing strip pool, too. the guy has been cooped up in a palace his whole life. >> he was in vegas with his

buddies and partying and probably got a little crazy. you know, i feel bad for him. you know, he should have been smarter to make sure nobody took any pictures. >> speaking of overexposures, worst spy cam. the one that caught duchess katherine topless on vacation. >> that's just wrong. i never looked at those, by the way. but i did look at the harry nude photos. now, those were excited. >> it was one of these movie stars who are always tweeting pictures of themselves topless, kim kardashian, courtney love. yeah, whatever. i could draw those from memory. but kate, she's modest. >> still, there was some best news for the newlyweds. the palace is expecting the pitter patter of a little prince or princess soon. >> on this side of the pond, it

was a hard year to be in the privileged class. as politicians and voters declared they've had enough of the rich getting richer. >> it really became, like, group sport, dependent it? like we're hunting them with pitch forks and, you know, we're brandishing torches. tax them. there's a real mood afoot with regard to the very rich right now. >> the powerful took hits, too. hardest fall from a high place, david petraeus. whose biographer turned out to be writing not so much between the lines as between the sheets. >> whoa. it was so salacious. you would expect to find it on a the front page of the tabloid. >> both sides of the aisle were big fans of petraeus.

but power corrupts and ultimate power gets you laid. >> she's a very capable, durable human being. she'll emerge with a huge book deal and maybe her own talk show, but mrs. petraeus, i just feel terrible for. >> other bad breaks, "newsweek" magazine folds. at least the print edition, going away after almost 80 years. it's all digital now. hostess beaten down by financial troubles hands pink slips to 18,000 workers and walking papers to its signature products including twinkies. the nobel committee decides this year's peace prize should go to the entire european union. that's more than 500 million people. >> hasn't the nobel peace prize been somewhat devalued? the eu got one. you're next.

you're going to get one soon. i got one. it's all right. >> and lance armstrong, super cyclist, cancer fighter and all-around american hero is out of the record books for doping. say it ain't so, lance. >> i couldn't believe that. it amazed me how often he won and it just is heart breaking. say it ain't so. >> actually, he has a lot of times. but it's just that sports officials aren't buying it new mexico i. >> i think we have to look at cycling as a whole, as a sport. because i think the thing to take away wasn't that lance armstrong cheated but that everybody cheats. and maybe, and i'm not saying this is the way to go, but maybe you just stop banning sbau substances. let everyone use substances, huge guys riding around on little cycles like circus bears. >> best really high roller, felix baumgartner who fell from

space faster than the speed of sound to break the world sky diving record held since 1960 by joe kitinger. >> i was very disappointed this year the sky diving record was broken by an austrian. come on, american daredevils. fly high. >> three, two, one. >> and the highest high roller of all, we're tempted to give it to spacex, the private company that made headlines on earth with its heavenly activities this year. but the award goes to nasa's curiosity rover, which flew 354 million miles to make a spectacular landing on mars. >> yes, that was fantastic. owe. >> i haven't seen those photos. i know there was some kind of big discovery they were announcing looic it landed and found a funions bag or

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>> to be sure, not everything was fun and games in 2012. some things turned out to be quite risky, indeed. especially when it came to the big news stories that rocked american shores and stunned the rest of the world. >> there was a lot of tragedy. i couldn't call it, queue know, a good year. i don't think that's how i view it. how i feel about it. >> worst blind date. superstorm sandy, ripping up the east coast just days before the big election. it was no longer a hurricane when it hit new york and new jersey, but it was horrible just the same, taking lives, devastating thousands of homes and businesses.

>> we were out of business for eight days. in 100 years, carlos has never closed for more than a da i. i have to be honest with you, we were lucky. a lot of family, a lot of businesses got destroyed. stunning pictures appeared as millions lost power, some for days, some for weeks. >> i never thought i would find out how long it takes to charge up my eye phone in a honda civic. the first couple of days without power it was like oh, it''s fun. i'm camping inside. the third day i'm going to kill my neighbor for his generator. >> at this point, if you haven't left, don't go out. >> great job, next time get a helmet and anchor. >> speaking of anchors, worst drag on the economy -- the relentlessly bad unemployment

rate. sure, it got a little better, but 12 million americans are still out of work. worst realization -- fixing that may take much longer than even the pessimists feared. >> we can't always have 3% growth. you're going to have to eat your vegetables, america. eat your vegetables. >> the chickens are coming home to roost. we all have bills to pay. there's going to have to be a tax increase. pretty much on everyone in the united states. >> extreme violence struck several places this year. an attack on a sikh temple in wisconsin took six lives. the gunman was wounded by police then killed himself. another mass shooting at colorado a at midnight premier at batman left 12 people dead, 2358 wounded and a lot of questions about the alleged gunman. the incident that stunned the nation the most, however, happened in newtown, connecticut, when authorities say a gunman descended on a school and killed 20 first

graders in addition to a half dozen adults, his mother and himself. >> people responded once they heard about the situation. they responded to come retrieve their children. and when they couldn't find their children, fear set in, panic set in, pain set in. it was fear of the unknown. and when the notification finally had been made, it was absolutely heart breaking. >> the incident sparked an immediate and continuing debate over mental health services and gun control. >> the discussion has re-emerged as to what we might do to not only deter mass shootings in the future, but to reduce the epidemic of gun violence that plagues this country every single day. that conversation has to continue. but this time, the words need to lead to action. >> down in florida, a single shooting grabbed headlines. teenager trayvon martin was shot and killed in a nighttime encounter with george zimmerman who was part of a neighborhood

watch program. debate has raged ever since over whether it was self-defense or something else. zimmerman faces trial on a second degree murder charge. >> it touches a nerve, a hot nerve. and people get emotional about it very quickly on both sides. >> overseas -- >> you know, i think he was dit definitely a rough time for the world. >> give it to the greeks. worst flight plan. north korea's missiles. worst power play -- iran's nuclear program. worst continuing conflict -- syria. worst strike against american diplomacy -- the attack in bengha benghazi, libya, that killed american ambassador chris stevens and three others. best boots on the ground -- u.s. troops in afghanistan almost a dozen years after they were sent, still waging the longest war in american history. and best and worst continuing

turmoil, give it to egypt, a big player in the arab spring. it's still stumbling towards better days. >> democracy is not easy. we've been cruising on awesome democratic autopilot for a long time now. and our idea of democracy is signing a facebook petition. so we're seeing what real democracy, what fighting for real democracy is like. >> worst navigation -- the costa conco concordia sailed into the headlin headlines when 32 people were killed. >> that ship listing around and the horrible stories that came out of it. that was awful to watch. >> best antidote to all the international news -- the summer olympics in london. >> it was a wonderful time for britain. >> the opening and closing ceremonies were totally dwibew r

bewilderibewilde bewildering. the work of mad people. but the sports were fabulous. >> the guy doing the best imitation of flipper won the most of all. the baltimore bullet, michael phelps, now has -- count them -- 22. >> you look at all the medals he has. he has the mr. t starter kit on, you know? i'm just very proud of him. and proud that he's an american. >> the u.s. also had big wins in tennis, shooting, boxing and the fab five got it on in gymnastics. >> i love gabby douglas, the flying squirrel. i'm not sure if that's a great nickname or not. she won the gold, captures america's heart. >> best and worst reaction to it all, m mckayla maroney. what a cutie. did not approve. >> the san francisco giants won

the world series, but nobody notic noticed. >> in basketball, miami brought the heat to take the trophy. in hockey, los angeles took the cup and then the whole league tooing a powder over labor dispute. >> people don't want to hear it. get on the ice. lace them up. >> caught by nicks. >> in football -- >> oh, yeah, i'm a giants fan, baby. we won the super bowl this year. just saying. >> the contract dispute that had rent-a-refs ruling early this fall gave us the worst blown call. get the police -- green bay was robbed. and even though alabama and notre dame are headed far colossal college collision, give the play of the year to little lincoln university's martee tenor. hello is right. next, going gangnam. amazon makes a huge bet. and faking ammish. it's all the best, all the worst, and it's coming up. ♪

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television, music and especially in one international smash.stavn movies, television, music and especially in one international smash.off the economic blues, i movies, television, music and especially in one international smash. ♪ >> love it or hate it, the best song of the year, gangnam style" was viewed close to a billion times in youtube. and parodied over and over again. ♪ >> i'm a huge k pop fan and i think that gangnam style is we' all been introduced to because of that ridiculous horse dance. and that adorable slightly rotund psy who's just the cutest thing ever. he's like a pokemon character. ♪ i wasn't looking for this >> another big hit was the best call of the canadian wild from carly rae jepsen. ♪ so here's my number call me maybe ♪ >> did anyone really like "call me maybe." ♪ here's my number

>> i have watched that video more times than a grown woman should. so yes. >> there were plenty of other strong contenders for musical honors. the black keys, kelly clarkson, taylor swift. fun had a blast, springsteen took care of his own. ♪ you treat me like a stranger. >> when it hit a million hits on youtube, we realized something crazy was happening with it. >> for our money, bet on it. best new band, alabama shakes. ♪ >> a flash. >> the jumping jacks still flashing award goes to mick and the boys, still rolling stones after 50 years. >> okay, the rolling stones are actually older than the median age on the u.s. supreme court. how did that happen? i mean, what -- and yet they still kind of rock, though, don't they? >> how rare is it of a band of

rock 'n rollers to still be playing long after they're living on ensure and have had, like, multiple hip replacements. >> in television, studio throwbacks, best end to a long run, abc's soap opera "one life to live" finally died after 43 years on the air. >> when i was a speech writer for mr. nixon long, long years ago, one of my great delights to take my mind off the horror of watergate was to watch soap operas on tv. i'm sad to see them disappearing. >> that's okay. nothing really dies on tv, does it? >> run! >> i'm just all about walking dead. all about zombie fiction. >> i'm all about "troou bloue b and "the game of thrones." >> other favorites, "homeland" "magic city," "dexter." >> how could i pass up the

opportunity to look at our future house. >> "parks and recreation" and reality tv grinds on. >> this is going to be the best season ever. >> with "dance moms" "tattoo kings" "punk and chunkers." >> extreme couponing. >> and of course, the best reality star of the year, honey boo boo. >> yeah, honey boo boo actually was hilarious and to me it was really funny. we enjoyed it. we watched it. you know, kind of like a guilty pleasure. >> honey boo boo, god bless her, as they say in the south. god bless her heart. >> reality tv also gave us the absolutely worst show on television. "breaking ammish" or as some call it, faking ammish. the improbable chronicle of supposedly ammish young folks living large in the big apple.

>> it's not just making fun of them. it's trying to portray them as kind of, like, sex maniacs and secretly sex obsessed underneath their straight laced exterior. and i don't see what purpose that makes them. young people are all sex obsessed no matter what. it seemed like it was mean spirited. >> how have they harmed us? the ammish, what have they done to us? they deserve a better tv show than that. >> best survivors -- the kardashians. still hanging around, getting attention. and with kim taking up with kanye west, still finding ways to dazzle the stargazers. >> i know. kim k and kanye. what? >> i have a secret addiction to watching the kardashians. i'm just -- i'm letting all my business hang out in this end of year review show. >> i don't want top say anything bad about them because i often

find myself sitting near them in restaurants in beverly hills. so i'm not going to say anything bad about them. let me just say, i don't understand them. >> worst loss -- wit knee houston's untimely death at the age of 48. >> i was disappointed but i wasn't necessarily surprise popped. >> best comeback from the edge of calamity. lindsay lohan, starring as elizabeth taylor in "liz and dick." >> please, please. >> lindsay, lindsay. how's it going? >> worst fall to right back to where she was? >> i know. lindsay lohan, the trouble just doesn't end for her. she may win the prize for person who had one of the worst years. certainly the prize amongst celebrities. >> at the movie, best box office goes to marvel's "the avengers."

it's made more than $600 million so far according to box office mojo, but not far lind, look out, here comes "the dark knight." >> i'm a huge batman fan. so i would absolutely thrilled by that movie and how it ended and how it set up this next chapter, as we saw the birth of robin. >> this will irritate your eyes at first. >> fant isasy adventures pretty much ruled the screen. >> i'm officially off twilight and on to "hunger games." but that's just like saying that you're off of tea and on to slightly weaker tea. >> i don't get to see a lot of movies because i had kids. but i got out to see one movie and that movie is "lincoln." just give daniel day lewis the academy award right now. >> now, now, now! >> best animation, call it a draw between "brave" and "wreck it ralph." most tedious? >> i must warn you about

something. >> warn me? >> "anna krenina." even the book seemed shorter. >> hot tee of the year, channing tatum, although some might say he can't act. >> oh, yeah, he did that stripper movie, right? didn't he? yeah, hello. nice. sure. yeah, sure. yeah, bring that. that's good. >> where the hell have you been? >> enjoying death. >> and the best runaway revival that had everyone talking -- >> the luove, love, love the ne james bond movie "skyfall." >> did you say sfwhond. >> daniel craig rolled out what many are calling the best bondage of all time. >> he is the best bond ever. sorry, sean. he's the best bond ever. i will fight somebody over it. i will slap fight an old lady. >> don't go anywhere, the book

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finding real solutions online and offline. '. >> worst status update. facebook went public. investors liked but they did not love it. >> i think they were just way overvalued. >> i never thought it would be worth a heck of a lot. i still don't think where the revenue is going to come from that makes it a wildly profitable company. >> when you peel it open, what is it? fluff. a lot of kitten photos, topless pictures at strip clubs. cousins sleeping with sharpie on their forehead. >> this is the first presidential campaign that played out on twitter. i don't think we can overstate its influence. >> pintrest is one of the biggest, fastest growing

networks. and instagram became another big hub to share, well, everything about yourself. >> instagram is crazy. >> but the best internet action -- amazon.com with a share of 20% of everything that's sold online. amazon has emerged as a retail super giant. it's not just books anymore. >> you can buy a refrigerator now. you can buy a couch. you can buy anything. that company is an amazing steam roller. i have never seen a company like that ever in any area of anything in my life. >> best electronic gadgets, the tablet wars heated up. >> i own every device. i have a pad, a tablet, a minitablet. it's just a matter of time before all my friends are robots. >> but the best new number in tech land, five. as in the iphone 5. although apple stock later fell, initially it shot through the

roof as the phone proved so popular the company struggled to made demand. >> they were economists predicting it was going to stimulate the economy, and it did! >> unfortunately, the worst way to find an apple store was rely option the new iphone map app. maybe that's the reason google was pushing for the wildest tech concept -- the self-driving car. three states have already made them legal. >> a self-driving car. i don't know if it's a good idea or not. it seems very "minority report." >> will you buy one? >> no, but the next car i get is going to have that automatic parallel parking feature. that seems like an incredible feature. >> off the roads, ereaders found their way into many more hands this year. >> e books, kindle, all these products really became so popular that it's not odd to see someone holding it anymore. >> all the better to peruse some of the year's best books. there were plenty of top seller,

including the hunger games selection. >> jake tapper's book about afghanistan called "outpost." what a fantastic book. >> the best book i read this year by far was a book called simply "ruby bridge." >> "moon walking with sign tiei all about memory. >> but the best book was about the gray. 50 shades of it. >> my wife read "50 shades of gray" and she enjoyed it. i have to say, things got a little more interesting in the bedroom. just saying. >> not a fan. not a fan. but you know what, the ladies who need that, i'm for it. you go to it, ladies. et g get it on with that stuff. >> and finally, in the spirit of getting on with it, worst calendar, give it up for the mayans. an asteroid passed by earth unexpectedly late in the year, but their 5,000-year-old calendar predicted something much worse -- what would have

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>> i'm don lemon. here are tonight's headlines. a last-minute compromise to try to keep us from going over the fiscal cliff. olympia snowe points out how the latest crisis is a sign of a bigger problem in washington. >> more than anything else, what is deeply troubling is that you can't get congress and the president to reach any accord on anything. >> president obama says he's optimistic congress will beat the deadline. a 31-year-old woman has been charged with second degree murder as a hate crime in connection with thursday's subway death in no. the district attorney identified the woman as erica mendez in new york. she was seen running from the scene on a surveillance camera after a 46-year-old victim was pushed on to the tracks. she reportedly implicated

herself. it was the second time in a month after a man was killed by a new york subway train after being pushed on to the track fps. >> some good news about a story we've been reporting on. missing georgia boys have been found safe in austin, texas. their father, the man who allegedly kidnapped them, lab taken into custody. a austin police say someone recognized the boys from media and amber alert and contacted police. their mother reported them missing just before christmas. we'll have a live report tonight at 10:00 eastern. i just hung up the phone with the mom. she's about to board a plane to go get the boys and she's ecstatic. full details at 10:00 p.m. cnn, the most trusted name in news.

>> our time and luck are both running out. let's go in and ask our odds makers as we always do, to place their bets on whether the new year will be coming up aces or going bust. >> i bet that in 2013 america is going to do better than we did in 2012. >> if i was going to place a bet on 2013, explosive economic growth, we avoid the fiscal cliff and i cannot wait, for one, to see it all. >> movie prices going up, things getting worse before they get better. it will take us a while to feel that great again. >> hopefully more americans will realize even though one storm can't be connected to climate change, the aggregate of extreme